The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-29

Japan, with a cargo of ia EOS gallons
I of case oil. On October 10 a hurricane
struck the vessel and shortly after noon
huge sea boarded the craft and Capt.
| johnson and twenty-six seamen were
| carried away. The two sailors left
/ alone on the great ship could only cling
to the broken fixtures of the main deck.
The main mast snapped on close to the
deck and the fore and mizZen masts
| followed, the sea sweeping everything
overheard. The ship was rapidly fill
ing and soon the decks were flush with
the water. They managed to obtain
some of the brine-soaked provisions on
| the Watts and some water from the
| tanks. On November 20 the bark Liz
zie Perry of Yarmouth England, took
them of in an exhausted condition.
The Perry was wrecked few days
later, on a reef south of Barbados, but
everyone was saved by an English
| steamer.
FAILED TO PROVE A MARRIAGE.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Sarah G. Bond, a
young colored woman attempted to
establish a claim for So, 900 before
Judge Tuley by proving that Mrs. Eliza
beth Bunch, light mulatto who re-
Gently died here, aged 76 years was the
issue of secret marriage, long ago,
between Maggie Gusts and James
Washington the negro coachman of the
GUSTS family. The Miss GUSTS be-
longed to the same artist stock into
which President George Washington
married. Miss Bond is the only living
descendent of the negro coachman.
She succeeded in showing that Mrs.
Bunch was really the daughter of Mrs.
Gusts. born while the latter was a
school girl but failed to show that Miss
Custis and the coachman were ever
married and therefore was unable to
proove her claim. Judge Tuley conse-
quently disallowed the claim for 49,
900.
SAD PLIGHT OF AN AGED COUPLE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-James Miller,
real estate dealer, aged 20, was found
lying dead this morning on the floor of
his home, on West Sixteenth street.
Beside him lay his wife, unconscious
and dying. On her face and head
were several gashes. 1t is supposed
| the couple were attacked and beaten
by robbers. The discovery was made
| by the letter carrier, who knocked at
their door about 8 O'Clock. He received
no answer, but heard labored breathing
from within. That caused him to sus-
pect that something was wrong. He
called policeman 1roke the door
open. The flu 49,, Kitchen utensils
and crockeryware were broken and the
fragments strewn over the floor. The
apartments are on the ground foor,
and a window opening into the yard
| was open. Mr.. Miller was said to be
wealthy. His, wife, the neighbOrs say,
has been insane for the past year. She
| was taken to the hospital.
Miller and his wife were heard laugh
ing in their rooms by family living
ON the floor above them last Wednes-
day afternoon. From that time until
/ this morning nothing had been seen or
heard of them. Miller was fully
dressed, and across his legs lay an
overturned easy chair. The police
now believe that the case was not one of
murder or of robbery. but that the old
man died of heart disease in his chair,
and fell from it, knocking the
chair and stove down in his fall.
| There were no injuries on his body eX-
cept a confusion in the back of the
head. That, it is not thought, was suf-
ficient to cause death. 1t is supposed
that Mrs. Miller, who was but one year
younger than her husband, was too
weak minded to notify the ne1ghbors
of her husbands death, and that her
| weak and exhausted condition is due
to starvation, and she was unable to
procure or cook food for herself. Her
husband was accustomed to do all mar
keting, cooking and other household
1
munication with their neighbors.
| EXTENSIVE CoNFLAGRATION.
HoLTON, Mo-, Dec. pa fire broke
out in this city at 1:30 this morning,
consuming the large Newman-Allen
building and the City Bank block, two
Of the largest and most valuable and
t Rsst ci business The i ssE1o'0T Tiil
cent of which is covered by
insurance. The heaviest losses are:
w. A. Allen, building, $8,OOO; insured
for S6 900. Samuel Newman, building,
So, 600; insured for "a, GOO. G. w. Drake,
building, 81 900; insured for So 900. j.
w. Morris & Co., dry goods, sic, 600: in
sured for $1,000. Golden Eagle cloth
ing store, $1,000; fully. insured. John
Birkell s. Son, dry goods, So, 600; insur-
ed for 81 500. Exchange Bank, 5000;
no insurance. w. w. Sargent, Signal
printing office, 50 500; insured for ST.
500. A. E. Baker, Federal printing
office, 81 200; insured for $500. There
were a number of smaller losses. Those
who owned the buildings are amply
able to rebuild, and will Immediately
arrange for the erection of larger and
better structures. The fire is supposed
to have originated from a detective
flue.
i PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
MEDFoRD, Wis, Dec. 2S.-The
south bound passenger train was
wrecked by broken rail at Coolidge
Price county, last night. One passen
: ger from Butternut, name unknown
was killed outright, and several people
were injured more or less. Conductor
Greenfield was at first reported killed
, but later reports say he IS only slightly
injured. The killed are Nj. Moultie, Of
Battern, and the wounded Conductor
Greenfield, bad; w. b. Baker, of Ban
croft, lost three, fingers; Theodore
, Duluth, all wounded; NJ. Ma
honey. of Ashland, Mrs. Sullivan
the wife of the conductor, and Johl
Nottingham, of Ashland, and tiv'
others were Slightly wounded, bu
their names are unknown.
: GUILTY IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
IRoNToN, Pa, Dec. 23.-Prisan Nc
Coy was to-day found guilty OF murde
in the second degree for the killing o
DIR. William T. Northup at HarchilC
D last April. He and his father kille'
, Northup in a fight growing ut of ;
prohibition quarrel, NOrthup being
prohibitionist and the McCoy's saloon
= keepers. Aft Mccoy, the father, i
I, now serving life sentence.
> BREWERY ICE HOUSE BURNED.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23.-E1re started II
the establishment of the Waikelmeye
: Brewing Association at 1714 Marke
4. street shortly before o'clock thi
i morning and quietly spread from tn
. engine room to the coopershop and ic
! houses, threatning AMI scorching roV
! of brick houses on the opposite side o
the street. The ice house was destroy
: A $40, 600 BLAZE.
3 EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 23.-F. W
s Puff s. Co., occupying three stor
r building in one of the principal block
. of the city, were burned out last night
g The stock is a total loss, and wa
:. valued at $4,000. Two adjoinin
d buildings were damaged about 81 90
) each, and their respective stocks abou
the same amount. All covered by in
surance.
II ONE KILLED AND FOURTEEN INJURED
? PHILLIPS, Wis, Dec. 23.-The ever